Wooden Town Hall in Sulmierzyce

Key information

The wooden town hall of Sulmierzyce stands in the middle of Rynek 1, in a town in southern Greater Poland. Built in 1743, it is the only surviving example in Poland of a wooden small-town town hall. The building houses the Sebastian Fabian Klonowicz Regional Museum, so visitors can combine its unusual architecture with a museum visit.

History and architecture

The previous building was probably destroyed in the town fires of 1658 and 1710; the present hall was built in 1743. In 1879 its tower was lowered, the clock removed and the arcade galleries dismantled. It was renovated again in 2025. This free-standing, two-storey log building has a rectangular plan and white plastered walls. A shingled hipped roof is crowned by a turret with a weather vane bearing the date 1743. Arcades on wooden posts run along three sides, and an external staircase leads upstairs.

Museum and planning your visit

The interior layout recalls the hall’s former civic functions: the ground floor contained an archive, treasury and town jail, while the upper floor held the mayor’s room and council chamber. Today the museum displays archaeological, historical and ethnographic collections, including oil lamps, clocks, guild chests and a Late Gothic baptismal font. It also manages the wooden post mill “Jakub”, built in 1795 on Poznańska Street. Museum tickets cost PLN 4 for adults and PLN 3 for school students; the same prices are listed for the windmill. Current opening hours were not confirmed, so contact the museum before travelling: +48 728 473 194, muzeumsulmierzyce@wp.pl.